Thea Laurie

Retired now, Thea is busier than ever. She grew up in Ayrshire but has lived most of her life in Edinburgh where she enjoyed a career in Special Education in a school for young people with social and emotional problems and challenging behaviour many of whom had dyslectic type difficulties. Thea continues to diagnose specific learning difficulties and tutor dyslexic students to exam level on a voluntary basis.

Thea’s early retiral was to facilitate being a carer for her mother who had dementia and who required almost full-time care before moving to a nursing home. As a result of her 14 year-long experiences, as a carer of someone with dementia, Thea became a firm supporter of Alzheimer Scotland and was first involved with many fundraising projects before being invited to join NDCAN in 2014.

Since then, Thea has actively supported many campaigns and been involved with the Dementia Champions training programmes. Thea is currently campaigning for a Statue for the trailblazing pioneer Elsie Inglis in Edinburgh.